Moments after Theresa Lent of Glenville and her 10-year-old daughter Ashley boarded the Sky Ride, a chairlift-like ride that spans the breadth of the Six Flags Great Escape amusement park, she heard an uproar. She first thought it was laughter, then she quickly realized it was screaming.

Lent's husband, Loren, was on the ground, having decided to sit out the Sky Ride. From different vantage points, they both saw the source of the yelling: a 14-year old patron from Greenwood, Del., had slipped halfway out of her chair and was dangling from the ride with her arms and neck caught in the restraining bar.

The youngster eventually fell and was caught by onlookers who gathered 25 feet below her, poised to break the fall, Warren County sheriff's deputies said.

The girl suffered no serious injuries, deputies said.

And while her husband captured the fall on his smart phone from below, Theresa Lent saw and heard the ordeal from her spot on the Sky Ride.

It quickly became apparent that there was a problem, she said, as onlookers from below were yelling. She said it took a few moments for the ride to stop. Once the chairs halted, patrons below swung into action.

Some climbed a nearby tree, since the branches stuck out below the stranded teen. Others desperately pulled out poles and removed other obstacles the youngsters might hit.

"I could see the commotion. I knew something bad had happened,'' she recalled. "All the parents were, like, 'We don't want her to get hurt.' "

"Then we just prayed," she said.

The crowd below yelled: "Her neck is stuck.'' After realizing the youngster was trapped and in danger of choking, her brother, who was sitting beside her, let her drop.

Matthew Howard Sr., 47, of Schenectady, broke the girl's fall.

"I said: 'It's 'OK! It's OK to let go, I'll catch you, honey. I'm not going to let you fall,'" said Howard, who was there with his three daughters and girlfriend.

"He just grabbed her and wrapped his arms around her,'' said Theresa Lent.

And Loren Lent's smart phone video went up on Facebook and became viral.

The victim was treated by park emergency personnel prior to be taken to Glens Falls Hospital, deputies said. She was later brought to Albany Medical Center.

Howard also was taken to Glens Falls Hospital for a back injury, where he was treated and released, officials said.

Sheriff's investigators and park personnel inspected the ride and the car the teen was riding in and found everything was working properly and all safety equipment was intact and operational at the time of the incident.

"This morning, the N.Y. State Department of Labor has cleared the ride for operation," said Rebecca Wood, Great Escape's director of marketing & sales, on Sunday. "As the safety of our guests and team members is our top priority, and out of an abundance of caution, the ride will remain closed while we conduct a thorough internal review."